This is one of my favourite poems that I wanted to share with you....
This is so reflective of all parts of life. Because if you have the Courage to spread your wings, and jump into the unknown, towards what you want - better job, better body, better marriage - without over thinking it, you WILL fly.
The challenge is the internal fight that comes up...the doubt, the fear, the over-thinking, the mind garbage, fear of failure, fear of stepping in to the unknown...
Fear is a requirement for greatness. Did you know that? Women who succeed, and continually do so, are Warrior Women who aren't necessarily smarter or more educated, more gifted...they just work it! But they transform fear and lack of certainty into another energy: they have momentum, possibility.
We can test the waters all we want, waiting, dipping a toe in here or there, but this is merely 'getting ready to get ready', as we say in coaching.
The successful woman is the one who doesn't wait for courage to show up. The successful women that I have coached over the years are the ones that show up committed and decisive. They have a dream, and they focus on THAT, rather than on where they are currently.
THIS is all mindset.....they have trained themselves to move into the fear, because they know what is on the other side. Some women are born with this perspective, others, (like me) have to learn it the hard way. And sadly, others never learn it, because they are too wrapped up in their story of why they can't, why the timing isn't good, why they need to wait, check out a few more options, programs, coaches...
If you are fearful, or in doubt, or unsure, if you are afraid to make a decisive commitment, consider that the issue is not with trying to find the perfect program or coach, consider that THIS is the problem...your own habits. It is perhaps your resistance to change, and putting outdated reasons out there, reasons that aren't really sticking, because they aren't the real issue here.
Your habit is fearing the fear, and letting it define you, is all. This is the real challenge...and this habit has held you back from taking action before, in other areas, no doubt.
Successful people aren't lucky. They don't seem to land on the perfect life. They work for it. They stretch themselves. They move through the fear, because the fear is always there, for everyone and it melts away when you move through it. Momentum kills fear, and action feeds success.
Take action ladies. It's a new year, a new day, and us ageing women are feeling the need to live and think and age differently. I am surrounded by them, in our Warrior Women community, and it's growing. How lucky are we, to have this community! We share the same vision, of health, healing, living well into the sunset of our lives...
Do YOU have a community, that is there every day, conversing, working, moving ahead, busting through myths and preconceived notions of ageing, health and self love....a community that is serving you?
We are Pioneer women, and we are changing our bodies and lives in amazing ways. We know that we must take a leap of faith, because good health and an awesome body doesn't just show up. A great life is built, not found.
The waiting game is a prison, and many women are living in its walls. Don't be one of them.
Step outside the norm. The norm, the majority of women, are suffering, with shaky self esteem, lack of self love, and living in a body (and a life) that does not serve their highest good and their greatest dreams.
Do you have a dream? Then go to the edge. Name it and claim it. Life is short, and getting shorter every day. How do you want to live out your remaining 30+ years on this planet?
For me, I want to go out, wings spread far and wide, jumping into that beautiful evening sky showing the world my Truth, my Courage, my Passion. Because for me, that means living a life well lived, with no regrets.
Maybe it's time for you to jump off too, ladies. What have you got to lose?
And then ask yourself, what have you got to gain....?
